Business Product Lead – Workforce Management (WFM)

The University of Sydney; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Job summary

The University of Sydney is seeking a Business Product Lead for Workforce Management to shape the product vision, target state design and operating model across the university, improving workforce planning, compliance and staff experience through integrated business, process and technology outcomes.

You will lead end-to-end design of workforce management capabilities across planning, scheduling, time and attendance, compliance and analytics, partnering with HR, digital and ICT stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience in workforce transformation environments.
• Experience leading business product, operating model or enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Strong workforce management and HR domain knowledge including planning, scheduling, time and attendance, compliance and reporting.
• Proven ability to lead stakeholder co-design and influence senior leaders across complex organisations.
• Experience working with business, architecture, data and technology to deliver integrated solutions.
• Leadership, governance and delivery capability across multidisciplinary teams, procurement and benefits realisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the workforce management product vision, target state roadmap and governance framework.
• Own the end-to-end design of workforce management capabilities across planning, allocation, scheduling, time and attendance, compliance and insights.
• Design and evolve the target operating model with governance, processes and service delivery.
• Provide leadership across design activities, partnering with HR, academics, digital and ICT stakeholders.
• Drive alignment between workforce management and adjacent enterprise capabilities such as payroll, timetabling, curriculum and finance.
• Support procurement, solution evaluation, implementation and benefits realisation activities.

Skills

Product leadership

Workforce management

HR domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Transformation delivery

Governance

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field

Job description

Business Product Lead – Workforce Management (WFM)

• Full-time, fixed term opportunity until December 2026
• Lead the workforce management product vision, target state design and operating model, driving a major enterprise transformation that enhances workforce planning, compliance, operational effectiveness and staff experience across the university through integrated business, process and technology outcomes
• Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

Lead the vision, design and delivery of the University’s Workforce Management transformation, shaping an integrated target operating model that strengthens workforce planning, compliance, operational effectiveness and staff experience while ensuring alignment across business processes, governance, data, technology and enterprise-wide strategic outcomes.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• lead the workforce management product vision, target state roadmap and governance framework, ensuring alignment with university priorities, strategic objectives and long-term workforce transformation outcomes
• own the end-to-end design of workforce management capabilities across workforce planning, academic workload allocation, scheduling, time and attendance, compliance and workforce insights, maintaining alignment across business, data and technology requirements
• design and evolve the target operating model, establishing effective governance, decision-making frameworks, business processes, controls and service delivery arrangements that support sustainable organisational change
• provide leadership across workforce management design activities, partnering with hr, academic, digital and ict stakeholders to ensure consistent, integrated and high-quality outcomes across all workstreams
• drive alignment between workforce management and adjacent enterprise capabilities including payroll, hcm, timetabling, curriculum, finance, compliance and strategic workforce planning, managing dependencies and cross-program impacts
• support procurement, solution evaluation, implementation and benefits realisation activities, ensuring design integrity is maintained throughout delivery and that outcomes remain aligned to business objectives, workforce visibility, operational effectiveness and staff experience

About you

• postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience, with a strong foundation in workforce, hr or business transformation environments
• demonstrated experience leading business product, operating model, business architecture or enterprise transformation initiatives, translating strategic objectives into practical and sustainable business outcomes
• strong workforce management and hr domain knowledge, including workforce planning, workload allocation, scheduling, time and attendance, compliance, workforce reporting and organisational design
• proven ability to lead stakeholder co-design and influence senior leaders across complex organisations, balancing enterprise-wide consistency with local operational requirements
• experience working across business, architecture, data, technology, change and delivery teams to develop integrated solutions and align business objectives with technology-enabled transformation
• strong leadership, governance and delivery capability, including oversight of multidisciplinary teams, design assurance, procurement and solution evaluation, cross-program alignment and benefits realisation activities throughout the transformation lifecycle

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks and declarations

Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University. Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

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